The Labor enquirer., 1887-04-09
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published not long ago / histoky 81 ,he
life Of =. ]. Baldwin ths CsIfsdsnis mil-
lionsire. Baldwin sued md srssiiated him
for libel. But Bell oouldn't b |bulldoxed.
He is proving the truth Of .sverythine he
said and more. To-day the. testimony Of
Verona Baldwin was taken.
E.EBaldwin was present With his coun-
sci, and Major Bell oondnctsd he direct
examination. II; IA
|, Baldwin made 4 technical objsction to
the taking Of depositions vhichIwas over
ruled.
Bell proceeded BY questioning the Wit
ness. Il!
In substance she says she is 2t years Of
age, lives in Los Angeles and ID we'll ac-
quainted with Baldwin.
He is her second cousin. She lived in
bis house at Santa Anita from May to,
September Of 1873.
She went there with his wife at his re-
quest, as he had promised her school.
|. When asked if she had ever known Of
Esaldwin's seducing young girls, the wit
ness said yes, she knew he had. His rep
Eatation for chastity was bad. She did not
believe it until he had proved it to her. Z
!, She knew Of men who would swear TO
ERaldwin's repute as destroyer Of female
Population; that his habit was to ssduoe
ing girls from their homes by prom
Fiees of better life; then he would dis
honor them and nire men to swear that
they were not chaste.
This she said had been the course pur-
sued with her.
Shewas in store in San Francisco.
She was approached by stranger and
offered money if she would forswear her
chastity. She had reason to believe that
Baldwin hired him to do it.
When questioned as to her trouble with
Baldwin in San ErRnCisco, she asid: 49, = s---
= rsavv uv nIm rnBrs on the fourth Of jan
uary, 1883. In the front part, too" she
exclaimed, continuing, "and not from be-
hind, as the newspapers said / did.
My excuse for shooting him at the time
was that he had criminally assaulted me
at Santa Anita. That was the truth. He
did do it. His object in compromising
me at the ranch was because he was afraid
1 would te1tify against him in a liquor
case, when he was charged with illicit dis
tilling of liquors.
also said would not have shot him if
he had let me alone. After left the ranch
l considered shooting him was an act of
justice"
After that she told of Baldwin's being
unduly intimate with another kinswoman
at Santa Anita. Bell turned her over to
Walter Van Dyke, counsel for Baldwin.
Quite scene occurred as the result Of
his first question.
She said she had every reason to believe
herself Baldwin's cousin; that Baldwin had
told her so himself.
At this the millionaire jumped to his
feet crying, almost shouting, OK xcitedly:
mo, no, I never did"
He resumed his seat almost Instantly,
however.
When asked why she came here she said
| was not exactly induced to come here.
| was subp@naed at Chicago. first heard
that Baldwin had sued Bell there. A lady
told me about it and asked if called upon
would go out here and testify. I told
her would; that if friend had got into
trouble on my account would help him
out. Being asked as to Baldwin's relation
with other women the witness said:
"Yes, know of my own knowledge that
Baldwin was criminally intimate with Mrs
Earl. saw him. myself. Sensation.]
Mrs. Earl told me at the time itwa,
against her will. ".
never tried to shoot anybody else bu
Baldwin in San Francisco, and neve
threw pepper inanybody's face there.
A man talked to me once in my room
and pulled out my revolver. He talket
badly to me, and pulled the revolver an,
told him to go down stairs and he went.
did not try to shoot him. He was !,
) man who introduced himself to me unde
a wrong name, and wanted me TO say tha
1 had been criminally intimate with mer
|. l think Baldwin hired him to come"
This closed the ross-examination. i
! reply to Bell, she gave more detailed &C
count of the Earl episode, and asserte,
that several men Witnessed it through th
window. Other immaterial queries an
replies closed the testimony on this depo
s sition.
The second deposition related more pal
ticularly to the causes of the shooting il
San francisco of Silss Cobalt. Baldwin
h valet made some indecent remarks "a. hel
that if she would treat him a. well a.. oh
/. had Baldwin, he would treat hek q |,
o queen. s'a
She ordered him out of her ROOM.
Upon this Cobalt told her that BaIdvi,
D had said she was his mistress.
This was the direct cause foI the shool
> ing. Baldwin told her before this Il Is
Concluded on foufth -. @